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â Hazleton Area 14, Coughlin 4 (6 innings) - Abby Sachse drilled four singles in four at-bats, knocking in two runs and scoring three times. Sachse remains theWVC's leader with a .655 (19-29) batting average through nine games.

Hazleton Area (13-1, 8-1) scored two runs in the bottom of the first inning when Macknzie Yori walked and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Yori advanced to third on a Sachse single and scored on Maria Trivelpiece's ground out. Lexi Wolk singled to drive in Sachse.

The Lady Cougars piled five runs in the second inning. Hope Kinney singled and was replaced by pinchrunner Renee Taylor, who stole second and scored on a Mikaela Browdy single.

Browdy stole second and scored on a single by Yori, who also stole second and reached home on Sachse's base hit. After Maria Trivelpiece singled, Wolk had a base hit to score Sachse.

Celine Podlesney lined a single to right to score Trivelpiece and give Hazleton Area a 7-1 lead.

Hazleton Area tacked on four runs in the fourth and made Coughlin walk off the field with one out in the bottom of the sixth as they scored three runs to invoke the ten-run rule.

Browdy ripped three singles and drove in three runs. Kinney singled twice, Podlesney singled twice and drove in three runs, and Wolk and Yori and each singled twice and drove in two runs.

Varela also hurled a complete game six-hitter, walking two and striking out three to raise her record to 5-0 on the season.

Marissa Ross and Sam Conway each homered for Coughlin (1-9).

Hazleton Area now embarks on a four-game road trip in four days. The Lady Cougars play Monday at Pittston Area, Tuesday at Wyoming Area, Wednesday at Nanticoke and Thursday at Crestwood. They will return home Saturday to host Pittston Area (1 p.m.) and finish the regular season on May 12 hosting Nanticoke.

CHS ...................100 120 - 4 6 3

HAHS ............250 403 - 14 17 2

Suchocki and Bigelow; Varela and Kinney.

W - Varela. L - Suchocki.

â Northwest Area 19, MMI 0 - Winning pitcher Kelsey Yustat pitched a three-hitter and was 4-for-4 to lead the offense as Northwest Area defeated MMI.

Emily Gleco cracked a double and single and Emily Buerger and Hailey Chapin both had two singles as part of the Lady Rangers' 16-hit effort.

â Tamaqua 23, Panther Valley 0 - Carly Sassaman hit two doubles, a single and five RBI and Bailey Pedersen struck out five and allowed just three hits over four innings as Tamaqua pummeled Panther Valley in a Division I game.

Alexis Boyer had a double and single and Lynn Kistler and Shayna Dietrich each had two singles for the Blue Raiders. Cailyn Joseph tripled and Taylor Fritz, Hannah Perla, Abigail Brickler, Emily Wenzel and Madison Davis all had a base hit.

â Mahanoy Area 7, Pine Grove 3 - Kelly Walinchus went 2-for-3 with one run and two RBI to lead Mahanoy Area to a non-league victory.

Walinchus hit a two-run single in the fourth inning and Desiree Malacusky added an RBI double in the fifth to help Mahanoy Area extend its lead.

Erin Davidson had two singles and Marcella Scheeler added one base hit for the Lady Bears.

Jennifer Kaufman went 3-for-4 with a run scored to pace Pine Grove. Jeena Sidleck went 2-for-4 with a triple and a run scored; and Brittanie Whitman had a single and two RBIs.

MAHS ............031 210 0 - 7 6 3

PGHS .............003 000 0 - 3 8 4

Bruce and Leshko; Whitman, Wolfe (2), Whitman (6) and Wolff.

W - Bruce. L - Whitman.

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